Explore Amazon EC2 capabilities and Auto Scaling

Explore the evolution of Amazon EC2, from diverse instance families and pricing models to the AWS Nitro System and its role in enhancing performance, security, networking, and storage. Then, discover how EC2 Auto Scaling groups, policies, and scaling methods dynamically adjust capacity to respond to changing application demand, supported by a practical demonstration of configuring and triggering Auto Scaling.

Discover how Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling responds to demand

Move from EC2 capabilities into Auto Scaling, exploring how scaling groups and policies work together to maintain application capacity as demand changes through hands-on configuration and practical application.

You’ll access learning content and practical activities online through Amazon Web Services (AWS), alongside your FutureLearn course experience, giving you direct access to AWS learning as you progress.

Syllabus

Week 1
Amazon EC2: Auto Scaling and Innovations
- Amazon EC2: Auto Scaling and Innovations
  In this activity, you will learn to dynamically scale capacity using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling components while exploring EC2 instance families, pricing models, and the security benefits of the AWS Nitro System.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Describe the founding and growth of Amazon EC2 over time
Identify the main instance types available in Amazon EC2 and their key differences, benefits, and use cases
Summarize the capabilities of different Amazon EC2 instance families including general purpose, compute/memory/storage optimized, and accelerated computing
Explain the purpose and benefits of the AWS Nitro System for improving security, networking and storage within Amazon EC2 instances
Compare and contrast the various pricing models and billing options available for Amazon EC2 instances

Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for IT professionals, cloud practitioners, developers, architects, and anyone seeking to understand Amazon EC2 instance options, and pricing.

Who developed the course?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the world’s most comprehensive cloud, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and scale more efficiently.

What's included?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

Unlimited access to this course

Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes

A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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